Australian reporters fined for contempt

Two Australian political reporters, have been fined $7,000 (£3,000) each for contempt of court. Michael Harvey and Gerard McManus of Melbourne's Herald Sun refused to give evidence at the trial of a man accused of leaking confidential government information to them. In pleading guilty they argued that journalists' sources were sacrosanct, but the judge told them a commitment to protecting their sources did not place them above the law. (Via The Australian/AAP)